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Subject Lead - Physical Education (maternity leave cover)
Remote (UK-based) | Full-time | Salary: £76,313 + benefits (including 4.5 day week and 11% employer pension)
Do your best work, for the right reasons.
We’re looking for an experienced Subject Lead for Physical Education to join Oak’s Education Team, leading the development and continuous improvement of high-quality PE curriculum resources in partnership with subject experts and delivery organisations.
Oak is a fully remote, mission-driven organisation offering high levels of flexibility, autonomy, and purpose. We’re a national not-for-profit working in partnership with teachers to create the highest-quality, sequenced curriculum and lesson resources for pupils across all subjects and age groups.
Our culture has been independently recognised through:
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Flexa verified (93% overall score, including 95% for working hours and 97% for role modelling)
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Escape the City's Top 1% Employers – based on anonymous colleague reviews of culture, development, and impact
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Investors in People Gold - through external accreditation and colleague feedback
About the Role
In this role, you’ll lead the development and continuous improvement of Oak’s Physical Education curriculum, working closely with delivery partners to ensure high-quality resources are produced and delivered at pace. You’ll act as the subject authority for PE, using your expertise to assure quality, guide decision-making and support strong, productive partnerships.
You’ll be comfortable taking ownership of delivery, addressing challenges when they arise, and balancing quality with momentum. We’re looking for someone who enjoys working collaboratively, communicates clearly and respectfully, and is confident working with senior colleagues and external partners to get the best outcomes for pupils and teachers.
What You’ll Be Doing
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Responsible for the continuous improvement of full curriculum packages in Physical Education (PE).
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Maintain specialist expertise in PE and be the authority across Oak and more widely across the sector.
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Establish strong relationships with the PE subject community.
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Represent Oak externally at conferences, webinars and subject leadership events, both in-person and online.
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Manage individual curriculum partner relationships and contract performance management.
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As a member of the Oak Team, contribute to the planning and culture of the organisation.
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Work in cross-functional and product oriented squads with colleagues from across the organisation, as required.
What We’re Looking For
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5+ years experience of teaching and/or leadership in your subject area.
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Extensive knowledge of latest research and practice in curriculum design, instruction and assessment in your subject area.
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Hold qualified teacher status (QTS) with direct experience of teaching in a school/schools in England in Key Stages 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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Experience of teacher development e.g. Head of Department (Secondary); Subject/Phase Lead (Primary); University PGCE or SCITT mentor/lead.
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Proven success managing high profile and sensitive senior relationships.
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Experience of curriculum design and delivery in both primary and secondary phases (desirable).
An enhanced DBS check may be required for this role.
The successful candidate will have a desire to contribute in all areas to ensure Oak is successful. You will be comfortable working at pace, with a range of digital systems (including proprietary ones as required) and you will continuously look at ways that the team can keep getting better. You will be excellent at working as part of a remote team, building relationships and managing your time effectively.
Our Benefits
If you're joining us from a school, here’s what you can expect in a role that’s still rooted in education, but shaped for flexibility, balance, and impact beyond the classroom.
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25 days annual leave, plus one extra day for each year of service (up to 28).
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Additional Oak closure days over Christmas/New Year to give you a nice festive break.
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11% employer pension contribution (with no minimum employee contribution, which can be varied as you choose). Please note this is a workplace pension rather than the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
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A 36-hour working week (not tied to term-time patterns or school-day hours), with half-days on Fridays or every other Friday off.
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Fully remote working - we’ll support your home set-up and offer coworking options if preferred.
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Twice-yearly 'whole Oak' in-person offsites to collaborate, connect, and have fun, as well as some role/team-based in-person events
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A culture that genuinely supports flexibility, autonomy, and trust.
Inclusion and Belonging
We believe diverse teams build better products. We warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in the tech and education sectors.
We use the Applied recruitment platform to help reduce bias in our hiring process.
Key Info
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Location: Remote, but you must be based in the UK with the legal right to work here.
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Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.
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Closing date: Friday 13th February 2026, 12 noon.
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We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the role early.
If this sounds like the kind of role and team where you could do your life’s best work, we’d love to hear from you.
Next steps
You’ll answer some questions related to your day-to-day job. Your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised, and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers (real humans).
If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next stage, which will consist of a one stage remote interview which will include a short task. The task and interview questions will be emailed to you 3 hours before the Zoom call.
We love giving feedback, so at the end of the application process, we'll share how well you performed.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday, 17th February and Wednesday, 18th February.
We are receiving excellent responses to our job advertisements. This may lead us to close the role early, so if you are considering applying, please submit your application promptly to avoid missing out.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Finance & Operations Director Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
£75,000 Full-time | 35 hours per week | Southwell, Nottinghamshire
A Calling to Serve Through Professional Excellence The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham recognises that our world is in desperate need of hope. In a post-Covid age and cost of living crisis, with our country's structures and systems under pressure and the increasing mental health challenges facing young people, the cry for hope is clear. We believe that hope is found in Jesus Christ, which the church is uniquely placed to share in every community.
The Diocese has a vision of Living Hope for the city, towns and villages of Nottinghamshire and beyond and is committed to its mission of Growing Disciples of Christ with Compassion, Confidence and Courage. A key aspect of that vision is the articulation of 7 Areas of Focus which healthy churches attend to: Inspiring Worship, Reaching Younger, Enhancing Diversity, Growing Leaders, Enabling Commitment, Encouraging Generosity and Nurturing Prayer.
Could you bring your finance leadership expertise to support our mission of Growing Disciples of Christ with Compassion, Confidence and Courage?
About Your New Ministry Context
The Diocese covers the city of Nottingham, the county of Nottinghamshire, with a few parishes in South Yorkshire. As part of the Church of England, we serve over a million people through a network of 300 churches and 73 church schools.
Based at Jubilee House in the beautiful market town of Southwell, the Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF) is the registered charity and company limited by guarantee through which the Diocese operates. You'll be joining an organisation with a clear vision of Living Hope for the city, towns and villages of Nottinghamshire and beyond.
This is an exciting time for the Diocese. In November 2024, we secured £33.16 million from the Church of England's Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board for a decade-long Church Growth Programme. This significant investment will fund church revitalisation, evangelism, discipleship, vocations and the development of younger leaders across our communities. The new Finance & Operations Director will play a pivotal role in stewarding these resources and ensuring ongoing financial sustainability.
Your Role as Finance Leader Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will lead the finance function as a trusted partner to both the Jubilee House Leadership Team and the Bishop's Core Team. This is a strategic role where you'll shape the financial direction of the Diocese while providing hands-on support to parishes navigating financial challenges. You will combine strategic financial stewardship with operational oversight, ensuring the Diocese’s resources are effectively managed in alignment with the vision and mission. You will work collaboratively across the organisation, with frequent and detailed parish engagement, to shape and implement financial strategy, while also leading the administration of financial initiatives which include, giving, strategic operations and property-related activities.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Strategic Financial Leadership
- Collaboratively support the development and implementation of financial strategies
- that align missionally with the diocesan seven areas of focus, across the Diocese with particular support to Parishes.
- Prepare and present financial reports, including budgets, forecasts, and risk
- analyses, to senior management and decision making committees.
- Engage with third party contractors to advise on financial planning, investment
- strategies, and capital structure decisions.
- Ensures the diocesan residential property portfolio strategically meets missional needs.
Operational Management
- Oversee day-to-day operations, including HR, Property and Finance teams.
- Implement policies and procedures to enhance efficiency and compliance.
- Manage relationships with committees, contractors, and other external partners
Risk and Compliance Oversight
- Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and National Church standards.
- Coordinate audits and implement internal controls.
Team Leadership
- Leading and developing the finance and operations teams to deliver excellent service
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
- Collaborate with other departments to align operational goals with the overall Diocesan vision, mission and strategy.
Who We're Looking For Professional Excellence
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience
- Extensive experience in financial management and operational leadership.
- Strong understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.
Essential Faith Requirement There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a committed Christian in the Anglican tradition or another member denomination of Churches Together in England. You'll need a strong understanding and empathy with the aims, ethos and beliefs of the Christian faith and its expression through the Church of England.
Personal Qualities
- Excellent communicator who can make complex financial issues accessible to non-financial audiences
- Collaborative team player with an open working style
- Effective influencer who can build trust with clergy, lay leaders and external stakeholders
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
What We Offer
- Competitive salary: £75,000
- Generous pension: 10% of salary contributed by the Diocese
- Excellent work-life balance: 35-hour working week with hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Generous leave: 25 days annual leave + 5 discretionary days (predetermined dates) + 8 bank holidays
- Additional benefits:
- Free onsite parking in our scenic location
- Maternity, paternity and shared parental occupational pay
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme with counselling, legal and health advice
- Relocation packages considered for successful candidates relocating from outside of the local area
- Meaningful work: The opportunity to directly support the Church's mission in communities across Nottinghamshire
Ready to Answer the Call? If you're a talented finance professional who wants to work for an organisation with a fantastic culture that makes a real difference, enables change, and has a clear purpose rooted in Christian faith, we'd love to hear from you.
Closing date of 17th Februrary 2026
Join us in our mission to bring hope and transformation to communities across Nottinghamshire and beyond.
The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community and strive to be an equal opportunity employer.
You will be required to attend the office for a minimum of 2 days per week with the option to work remotely for the remaining 3 days.
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here - we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.
Learn about our vision, mission and values
About the role
The Campaigns Officer is a fast-paced and exciting role. It leads and contributes to a variety of projects to deliver our campaigns, equip and inspire our core audience to get involved in activism, and build power in the movements for justice of which Christian Aid is part
The postholder will help develop a range of strategies, tactics and activities to help deliver our campaigning work. They will create resources and marketing content, develop and lead workshops and much, much more.
The role reports to the Campaigns Advisor and works closely with colleagues across our Income and Public Engagement team to engage Christians to give, act, pray in support of Christian Aid. The role will also work closely with our UK influencing team to ensure our actions and tactics contribute to making impact.
About you
You will be passionate about tackling poverty, making change happen and building the agency of others to campaign.
You will be comfortable taking on responsibility for delivering projects and outputs within agreed parameters and able to scope and shape projects as required - as such you will have proven project management skills and ability to work unsupervised, under pressure and juggling multiple priorities simultaneously.
You will have knowledge and experience of winning campaigns, mobilising a wide range of people and applying different campaign methodologies
You will have a good understanding of UK churches in their diversity.
A full list 'person specification' is included in the job profile.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid's faith identity.
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, please refer to the benefits booklet for your location to see our full list of employee benefits.
For Salary details for this role, please refer to the Salary band by location.